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Board challenged

Board challenged

To the editor: Good News! For most of 2023, I think that our Board of Commissioners had acted in a bipartisan, pragmatic way. They had put aside politics and worked well together to get their work done under sometimes difficult conditions. 02/14/2024 04:44 PM

Grateful for efforts

Grateful for efforts

To the editor: I wish to thank Leelanau County Board of Commissioners, Wessell, Ross, Allgaier, and Kramer, for their service on the Board. Thank you is not adequate to express my gratitude for the dedicated, challenging, and often continuous work you do for ALL citizens of the Leelanau County. 02/14/2024 04:44 PM

Social worker tax

Social worker tax

To the editor: In response to the letter from Judge Kromkowski, there is no doubt that she cares about children, but the Parenting Communities program itself does little if anything to help working families in Leelanau County. The early child millage would be better named “the social worker tax,” because it does not provide one cent for childcare in the traditional sense. 02/14/2024 04:44 PM

Reason for optimism

Reason for optimism

To the editor: While economies in Europe, China, and Japan are slowing, the U.S. economy grew 3.3% in the fourth quarter last year. 02/14/2024 04:44 PM

Diminished faculties

Diminished faculties

To the editor: In response to the letter extolling President Biden’s age as an asset, we might be more open to the idea if he could find his way off a stage by himself or complete a sentence without a teleprompter. This week Biden’s own DOJ through its Special Counsel determined that despite a slam dunk legal case (willfully mishandling classified documents), he couldn’t be convicted by a jury, because Joe Biden is an “elderly man with a poor memory and diminished faculties.” Global threats have grown exponentially since Biden’s inauguration. 02/14/2024 04:44 PM

Inflection Point

Inflection Point

To the editor: “Inflection point” notes that significant events or conditions will determine future directions and define future reality. Our country is now considering the election, for president, of a person who is demanding that his accolytes refuse to approve a border solution that they have united across the aisle to achieve, so he can use border conditions as a campaign issue. 02/14/2024 04:44 PM

By Tim Skubick

Bygone era missed in politics

Over the years lots of bad things have unfolded in the political arena and the ability to sample the public’s opinion is high on the list. Back in the day before polling weaseled its way into the system, elected officials were pretty much flying blind when it came to making tough decisions. 02/14/2024 04:44 PM

Civility is gone

Civility is gone

To the editor: I’ve come to admire the Brits’ ability to refer to the political other as the “Loyal Opposition.” In doing so it endows the “other” with valued recognition and respect. I’m sure at times all of us have been perceived as the opposition. 02/07/2024 05:13 PM

MHA vacating space

MHA vacating space

To the editor: I am writing to correct an assumption about the status of The Maritime Heritage Alliance located on M22 in Greilickville. The plan to construct a Freshwater Research Center in this location will necessitate our vacating our present shop and storage facilities as they will be torn down. 02/07/2024 05:13 PM

Take a breath

To the editor: I think we can all agree that when employers ensure a positive work culture for their employees, everyone benefits — both employees and those they serve. So, when a number of culture-related complaints from Leelanau County employees surfaced last year, I was glad to see our Board of Commissioners act — convening a three-commissioner personnel committee, chaired by Commissioner Kama Ross, to examine the county’s work environment. 02/07/2024 05:13 PM

Non-violence and common sense

Non-violence and common sense

To the editor: It has been three years since the January 6, 2021 assault on the Capitol of the United States. As a fiscal conservative Republican, I believe people who planned and participated in this assault should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. 02/07/2024 05:13 PM

Disappointing

To the editor: The headline article “Patriot group gets on agenda” (02/02/24) was misleading and disappointing. In my opinion it was written with a clear bias couched in “argumentum ad hominem.” This term usually is used to refer to a rhetorical strategy in which the writer unfavorably portrays a character, motive, or other attribute of the individual(s) making the argument, rather than addressing the argument itself. 02/07/2024 05:13 PM

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